Additionally, when you experience a headache, you may instinctively start massaging the base of your neck or your temples. That is actually acupressure.

According to a Taiwanese study, acupressure is better than muscle relaxer medications when it comes to alleviating pain and decreasing the frequency of chronic headaches.

The good news is that you can perform acupressure anywhere. Simply sit in a comfortable position and close your eyes. Start taking deep breaths and then apply deep, firm pressure to every pressure point. You should also massage by using small circular motions in order to boost blood flow below the surface.

It is advisable to massage every point for up to a minute. In case your headache persists ten minutes after you massage the last point, you should repeat the same procedure.

You may also want to perform acupressure as often as you like.

Here Are 6 Acupressure Points for Immediate Headache Relief:

He Gu

He Gu is located in your hand at the highest point of your muscle when you hold your thumb against your index finger. In order to find this point, open your hand and press the meaty part of your muscle in the web between your hand and thumb. If you massage it adequately, it helps alleviate migraine headaches, tension headaches, dizziness, jaw pain, diarrhea, constipation, congestion, stomach ache, and sinusitis.

Shuai Gu

This acupressure point is positioned one inch above the beginning of the front curve of your ear. You need to feel a slight indentation in the bone, which confirms the location of this point.

Massaging it helps alleviate migraine headaches, vertigo, vomiting, and tinnitus. It is recommended to massage this point on both sides of your head for maximum benefits.

Tian Zhu

These two points are positioned on either side of your spine where it meets the base of your skull. Massaging them helps fight headaches, nasal congestion, stiff neck, body aches, fever, sore throat, shoulder and back pain, dizziness, memory, and lack of concentration.

Yingxiang

These two points are positioned on either side of your nostrils, where your nose meets your cheek. You should apply gentle pressure to these points in order to relieve headaches, congestion, sinus problems, allergies, nosebleeds, and blurred vision. Massaging this acupressure point helps alleviate nasal congestion even if you suffer from acute respiratory tract infections.

Zan Zhu

These two points are positioned at the edge of your bone and at the base of your inner eyebrows. Applying pressure to these points helps relieve headaches, repeated sneezing, hay fever, psychosis, stiff neck, dizziness, blurred vision, and eye disease.

Yintang

Yintang, also referred to as “the third eye”, is an acupressure point located between your eyebrows. In other words, it is located where the bridge of your nose meets your forehead.